Los Angeles, Aug 15 : “Shang-Chi” and “The Legend of the Ten Rings actor Michelle Yeoh says that she had to learn to “fall” before she could “fly”. When she went to the Royal Academy of Dance in London the actress of 60 initially wanted to be ballet dancer, but this was before an injury ended her plans, as reported by aceshowbiz.com.
In accepting an honorary doctorate from the American Film Institute, she stated to the class of 2022that “The first thing they showed me was to roll and tuck, after which they taught me how to fall onto my back and how to fall backwards.Then, after a while I realized that they were showing me how to fall.”
She added: “I was convinced I was being taken advantage of.I thought, ‘When do I actually get to perform the actual thing? The roundhouse kick, the jumping kick’.”
“They asked, ‘How are you going to get up without knowing how to get down? The lesson I learned from that lesson is with me to today.I was forced to discover to fall.
You might say that I learned it in my bones literally.These experiences taught me to persevere, grit and humility”,’ Yeoh said.
The “Memoirs of Geisha’ actress continued to tell the students that failure without success is just luck.She also said that success cannot be relied on because “failure” is essential to grow.
She stated: “You see, after I learned to fall, I was able learn to fly.What I’m trying to be able to share with us today is that stumbles and stumbles are keys to our flying.Anyone who has taken to the stage has experienced their fair amount of accidents.”
“Trust me I’ll trust you, that’s the part of the bargain.Success without failure is referred to as luck.It can’t be repeated or relied on.It’s because of failure that we learn and grow.”
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